I found a page which has a satellite image of earth with 12 gores (as well as images for other planets), but I want political boundaries for my globe so this doesn't help. However, that page also has a link to a perl script which can transform an image into gores. I used this perl script to generate a map with 36 gores.

With some careful scaling, this can then be printed and traced onto the surface of a sphere using carbon paper.

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Greeting from SLOVENIA! I like your project. Great work! I am doing somthing similar as you. And i have the same problem as you. Your map is the only one on the internet that is made from 36 gores. But quality of the picture is not god. Can you send me on mail your original quality picture of those 36 gores?? My mail: rok.jene.pio@gmail.comOr you tell me how to use perl script? I can run the program, but where the input image should be, where can you write number of gores, why the program close immediately after start(is that normal)...Please help me(one way ore other). Thanks!

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